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View Tree for William CoburgWilliam Coburg (b. Abt. 1828, d. Aft. 1880)

William Coburg was born Abt. 1828 in Coburg, Germany (in Bavaria), and died Aft. 1880 in Bloomingburgh, NY (Sullivan County). He married Rosanna C..

 Includes NotesNotes for William Coburg:
traditional Germans named their first born sons after the father's father. If that pattern was followed here, then William's father's name was Henry.

Full Name:
William Coburg
middle initial variously listed as G., H., and J.; since his son was named Henry William, H. seems the best possibility; on the other hand, if his middle name was John, Hans is John in German and could account for two of the three possibilities. In the ad he put in the Sullivan County Directory for 1872/3 he is listed as William G.


Spelling Variants of Surname
Coburghe
Coburgh
Coberg
Koburg
Koberg
Cobourg

Date and Place of Birth
1828 or 1829, Germany, probably in or near Coburg in Bavaria

32 in June 1860; 42 in 1870 census; 46 in 1875 Sullivan County census; birthplace listed as Germany; 51 in 1880 cenus; there is no 1890 cenus
supposition is that he was born in Coburg, Germany c. 1828/9
one family report says two brothers, aged 14 and 16, arrived from Germany
supposition that he arrived in the U.S. between 1842 and 1844
another family report says he and two brothers came and the other two remained in NYC
death certificate of Henry William Coburg lists father as William H. Coburg, born Germany

Marital Status
married to Rossina or Rosanna C. (33 in June 1860; 42 in 1870; 46 in 1875; deceased by 1880 census); her birthplace listed as Georgia; family stories call her "a southern girl"; she died between 1875 and 1880

Occupations
shoemaker (1860; 1875), bootmaker (1870), cobbler (1880)
listed on p. 260 of Sullivan County Directory in Town of Mamakating as "Coburg, William G. (Bloomingburgh,) boot and shoemaker

Addresses
International and Passengers Records searched at genealogy.com 2/04
only William for any spelling is William Coberg, listed in Tennessee for years 1847-52
source publication: Smith, Mary Sue, Davidson County, Tennessee Naturalization Records, 1803-1906 (Nashville, TN: Byron Sistler & Associates, Inc, 1997)
since William married "a southern girl" born in Georgia, this is possibly relevent (or not)
1850 census-still looking
1860 census-town of Walkill
children Mary (22 in 1875), Henry, Fanny, and Edwin b. Orange County; daughter Minnie (b. 1870, Sullivan County)
1870 census-Bloomingburgh
1872/3 Sullivan County Directory-Bloomingburgh
1875 census of Sullivan County
1880 census-Mamakating, Sullivan County
children Henry W. (26), farm laborer; Edwin (18), and Minnie (12)
1892 Sullivan County census-not listed, presumed dead


Military Service
according to family story he came to American to avoid having to serve in wars in Germany and arrived just in time for the Civil War in the U.S.; this, however, doesn't make sense given his listing in 1860, obviously well-established with a growing family; since his oldest child is listed as being born in 1853, he presumedly married by 1852


Children: Names, Birth Dates, Birth Places

1. Mary (O?), b. Orange County, 1853; listed as Mary Kinner, 22, in 1875, not in hshld. 1870; had twins according to family lore (neither Kinner nor Kenner show up in 1880)

2. Henry William, b. Goshen (death cert; elsewhere listed as Wallkill), 1854 or 1855; also listed as 1854 in 1880 census but as Jan. 1857 in 1900 census; listed as 20 in 1875; 1852 on son's death certificate; November 24, 1851 (his own death certificate; 1852 on tombstone and in family record; listed as 39 in 1892; d. Jan. 12,1919 Hurleyville NY; had twins b. Westtown (Minisink, Orange Co.) Aug. 9, 1888

3. Frances J. , b. Orange County, 1857 (listed as Fanny in 1870); died unmarried; same as Fanny Coberg (b. 1863) listed as servant to Ernest Smith of Wallkill in 1900?

4. Edward W. (listed as Edwin and aged 18 in 1880 census); born Orange County, 1860 (listed as 1861 in 1900 census); died 1936

5. Minnie, born Sullivan County, 1868; 12 in 1880 census; died young?


NOTES on other Coburgs in 1880 and 1900 census records:

1880:
no one of right age to be a brother but there are two widows

in Manhattan:
Mary Coburg, widow, 50 in 1880 (b. Wurtenberg)-children (all b. NY): Louisa (16), Annie (14), Henry (10), Mary (8)

in Brooklyn (Kings):
Annah Coburg, widow, 30 in 1880 (b. Bavaria)-children: Bertha (7) and Charles (4), both b. NY

also, in Union City, Erie, PA:
Christopher Coburg, 70, born BORDENSEE(a German town)
Rica Coburg, 64, wife, born BORDENSEE

Philip Coburg, 19, born in New York; living in Erie NY

Willie Coburg, 19, born in Vermont; living in Worcester MA

very unlikely to be related:
John Coburg, b. Prussia c. 1831 listed in Union Creek, Madison NE with wife Catrina (b. Prussia, 1840), children: William (b. Prussia 1863), John (b. Prussia 1865), August (b. Prussia 1867), Peter (10), Nettie (7), and Margaret (5) all born Nebraska


1900 census-William Coberg b. 1873 listed with George Hahn, Brooklyn, as his son-in-law; William's wife's name was Henrietta (b. 1878); had daughter Emma (b. 1898)

1900 census-Herman Coberg, Manhattan (b. 1867 in NY); wife Julia (b. 1873), children Christopher (b. 1891) and George (b. 1893)

1900 census-Herbert Coberg, Manhattan (b. 1878 in NY); lodger

1900 census---Phillip Coburg, 39, b. Feb, 1861 NY in Erie County town of Aurora
other members of family listed as Flavie (?) Sprague, half sister, b. May 1880 and William Sprague, half brother, b. May 1878

Passenger and Immigration Index, 1550s-1900s
Otto Coburg, arr. NY 1860 from Hamburg at age 20
Abraham Coburgh, arr. NY 1822
Germans to America, 1850-1874
H. Coberg, arr. on Mississippi from Antwerp Sept. 21, 1852, age 18; accompanied 21 year old Coberg female (no first name given)
Bernh. Coberg, arr. 1865 from Bremen on the Johanne Wilhelmine
age 39, apprentice
Heinr. Coberg, arr. 1862 from Bremen on the Goeschen
age 25, gardenergrower
J. Coberg, arr. 1852 on Admiral Branning
age 48, smith
John Coberg, arr. 1852 on Heinrich
age 28, tailor
Solomon Coberg, arr. ??? on Dankelshausen
37, merchant


More About William Coburg:
Census: 1860, Wallkill, NY as Coburghe, 32, shoemaker.
Emigration: Bet. 1842 - 1844, came with brother, aged 14 and 16.

Children of William Coburg and Rosanna C. are:
  1. +Henry William Coburg, b. November 24, 1851, Goshen, NY (Orange County), d. January 12, 1919, Hurleyville, NY.
  2. Mary O. Coburg, b. 1853, d. date unknown.
  3. Frances J. Coburg, b. 1857, Orange County NY, d. date unknown.
  4. +Edwin J. Coburg, b. 1861, Orange County, d. 1936.
  5. +Minnie Coburg, b. 1868, Sullivan County, d. date unknown.
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